From Library Journal:
"By her own admission, Beth Cappadora is a rather haphazard mother and wife. Still, her family is reasonably happy and her career as a photographer relatively satisfying. In a few short minutes in a crowded hotel lobby, Beth's world changes forever. Her two-year-old son, Ben, left in the care of older brother Vincent, disappears. Despite the efforts of police and friends, the search for Ben fails, and Beth retreats into grief. Emotionally abandoning her other children and her husband, she spends the next nine years in self-absorbed brooding, unmoved by either the increasing delinquency of Vincent or her husband's demands for change. Ben's miraculous return results more in shock than joy and initially drives the family further apart. First novelist Mitchard unstintingly explores the minutiae of grief, creating realistic characters and no easy solutions."


I found this in a box of books my mom was planning on getting rid of. It's not really my style, though, so I'm going to pass it along.

This book is now part of a bookring!

A bookring is when a book is sent from one person to another through a list of members who have signed up for it and eventually ends up safe and sound back home with the person who started the bookring—me!

Here are the guidelines for this bookring:

1. When the person before you on the list is done reading the book they will send you a personal message (PM) asking you for your address. If you feel that you are too busy at that time to read the book within a reasonable time period (about 1 month), ask that person to skip you and go to the next person on the list. If this happens, PM me to let me know what’s going on and, if you want, I may be able to move you down the list so you can try again later.

2. When you receive the book, make a journal entry letting everyone know where the book is. Keep in mind that there are other people waiting to read the book after you, so try not to take too long to read it. A general rule of thumb is to have the book in your possession for no longer than one month. If you know you won’t be able to get to the book within a month, pass it on to the next person on the list, PM me letting me know, and I can move you down the list so you can try again later if you’d like. If you’re reading the book and it’s taking you longer than expected to finish, make a journal entry letting everyone know! Remember, there’s no such thing as too many journal entries.

3. When you’re done (or almost done) reading the book, send a PM to the next person on the list asking for their address. Even if you think you already know that person’s address, it’s a good idea to double-check to make sure their address hasn’t changed—and also make sure the list order hasn’t changed since you checked it last. If the next person on the list doesn’t respond to your PM within several days, try again. If you still get no response within one week, PM me to let me know what’s going on and then skip this person and try the next person on the list.

4. After you’ve finished the book, journal a quick review of it for us letting us know what you thought of it!

5. Send the book to the next person on the list and post a journal entry letting everyone know it’s on its way. Sit back, relax, and watch the journals as the book completes its journey!

This bookring has been completed.
The following is the list of members.

1. Mistlerose (Australia) anywhere
2. Morgail (KY) US/Can pref
3. Saphyre (IN) US only
4. MBsAngel (MN)
5. vibrant-art (Ontario) US/Can pref
6. dawnmomoffour (Ontario) US pref

Released on Monday, March 29, 2004 at sent to bookcrosser in Mailed, Bookring Controlled Releases.

I mailed this book to Mistlerose this morning. Bye bye, book, have fun on your trip across the seas!

This book arrived today after being posted by another bookcrosser as part of a bookring. will start reading it today.

I finished this book yesterday. I quite enjoyed it. It is on its way to the next person in the bookring.

Goodbye Book.

This book arrived yesterday. I'm looking forward to starting it.

I really liked this book. I cannot even imagine what it would be like to lose a child. The author did a great job conveying the feelings of the parents and the brother. The whole book was very emotional.

I will send this one on to Saphyre either Friday or Monday.

I saw this movie a while back and cant wait to read the book. Thanks!

I had seen most of the movie and thought the book would be good. I was wrong. From the very beginning I thought the author was just trying to impress me with big words. I wasnt impressed. Parts of the story I would have liked to read more about were skimmed over in a sentence or two. And tedious boring parts of the book that seemed to have nothing to do with the story would go on for pages. I could not go past 100 pages in this one. I will be sending this one on as soon as I have an address.
But big thanks to Eucalia for a chance to read this book.

Received in the mail last Saturday as part of a bookring. Started reading it today - thanks for sharing! (I'll try to hurry!)

Finished the book this morning, will pass it on to Vibrant-art in tomorrow's mail. This book seemed to take me forever to get through, a couple times I almost gave up. At times the descriptions went on & on, but ultimately I had to find out how it would end. I enjoyed the chapters that were in the brother's point of view better than the moms.

Received this book a few days ago and have actually finished it already!

I agree that Reese was the most interesting character in the book. I wonder if the story started out entirely from Reese's point of view. One thing I could not get over was that a character was actually named Candy Bliss, even if the author (through the character) joked about it!

Should I send the book back to Eucalia next?.....

Just sent this on to dawnmomoffour last week....Hope you enjoy it.

Received this book in the mail from vibrant-art. Can't wait to read it. Thanks for letting me in the bookring!

This book was not what I expected. It was good, but I found it somewhat disjointed at times. When being "Seen" from mom's view the story didn't make much sense, but when seen from Reese or Sam's view, I enjoyed it. Overall a not bad read. Thanks for the opportunity!

RELEASE NOTES:

Released this in the dental clinic on 7th St. East. Put it on one of the tables in the waiting room.